agbe

See also: agbẹ

English

Noun

agbe

  1. A type of African rattle, similar to a sekere.

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-gbɛ.[1] Compare Fon gbɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛgbɛ̀, Adja egbɛ (“universe, creation, life”) and Gun ogbẹ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɡ͡bè/

Interjection

àgbè!

  1. long live!, viva!

Noun

àgbè (definite singular àgbè lá or àgbèà, collective plural àgbèwó, definite collective plural àgbèàwó)

  1. life, living
  2. well-being, health
  3. existence

Derived terms

  • agbe blibo (“lifelong”)
  • agbebrewu (traditional cone-shaped object believed to bestow long life)
  • Agbedofui (name given to someone whose parents previously had stillbirths or neonatal deaths, literally “uselessly wasted life”)
  • agbedɔ (“merchant, peddler”)
  • agbedɔme, agbedɔtɔ (“wandering merchant”)
  • agbeɖeɖe (“saving of lives”)
  • agbeɖuɖu (“enjoyment of life”)
  • agbehiã (“hardship, suffering”)
  • agbeka (“Achilles tendon”)
  • agbekɔ (“traditional war drum”)
  • Agbeli (name given to someone whose parents previously had stillbirths or neonatal deaths, literally “there is life”)
  • agbeli (“cassava”, literally “there is life”)
  • agbeme (“lifetime”)
  • agbemenu (“belongings”)
  • agbemenunya (“life wisdom”)
  • agbemlɛ (“longing, homesickness”)
  • agbemɔ (“path of life”)
  • agbenɔ (“living being”)
  • agbenɔdɔ (“chronic illness”)
  • agbenɔɣi (“lifetime”)
  • agbenɔnɔ (“lifestyle”)
  • agbenɔto (“living being”, literally “ear of the living”)
  • agbeta (“end of life”)
  • agbetagbee (“life-threateningly ill”) (dialectal)
  • agbetɔe (“vigorously”)
  • agbetsi (“holy water”)
  • agbetsila (“survivor”)
  • agbexaxa (“something life-threatening”)
  • agbeya (“oxygen”)

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 218
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 169-175
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “agbe”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 115
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “agbe”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 14

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to Yoruba ogbe (“crest, cockscomb”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

  1. great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bē/

Noun

agbe

  1. mendicity; beggary
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.ɡ͡bè/

Noun

agbè

  1. vessel traditionally made from a calabash used for fetching water
    Synonym: akèrègbè
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